Posts by Elizabeth Kong

Last week, it was learned that DC government was considering reallocating $21 million of funding which had been previously committed to Fort Dupont Ice Arena to renovate their current facility as well as build a new two-rink facility nearby. Fort Dupont has long served the Southeast DC community by providing many free and reduced-cost programs like Kids on Ice, which teaches kids to skate.

Capitals practice on Saturday was their first since breaking their seven-game losing streak. Business was back as usual until TJ Oshie spiced up the practice with a small side-bet.

Speaking to a member of the training staff on the bench, Oshie was adamant that he could flip a puck up and over a part of the scoreboard that hangs above center ice. How much was on the line? Five American dollars.

Saturday after Capitals practice, three youth hockey players got the chance to learn from the pro himself and even try to make a save on one of his moves. Hayden Martsching, Dmitry Kebreau, and Peter Zelinsky were the winners of the Bantam and Midget age groups in the Caps Youth Shootout. The winners had competed over the summer and during the intermission of two January Caps games, and their prize was spending time on the ice with Oshie and Braden Holtby.

On Sunday, Dmitry Orlov and Capitals first-round pick Ilya Samsonov had dinner together in Nusr-Et, a Turkish steakhouse made famous by founder and viral meme sensation Nusret Gökçe, also known as Salt Bae.

The next night, Andre Burakovsky and Jakub Vrana showed up at the same restaurant. Both groups did their rendition of the famous Salt Bae sprinkle.

*Oh, dang it. I lost my internet connection. I have to dial back up. One second.*

*Okay, I’m back!*

As Monday went on, more NHL teams started using the #HiTechHockey hashtag. According to Josh Dudych, a member of the Winnipeg Jets social media team, the NHL issues an annual challenge to each NHL social media team to produce their own All-Star Game theme promo.

The results? Some of them were fun, some were horrifying, and some left hockey fans scratching their heads.

A perfect example would be Evgeny Kuznetsov. The Capitals center, who was recently demoted to the third line, was one of the first players on the ice on Monday and he stayed on the ice for more than thirty minutes after practice officially ended to practice one-timers.